Fernando Machicado

Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator

Asociación Española de Normalización, UNE

Spain

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About me

Senior expert on accessibility standardisation. Proven experience managing standardisation projects on accessibility at international (ISO), European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI) and national (UNE, Spain) level. Currently secretary of CEN/CLC/JTC 11 and of CEN/CLC/ETSI/JTB eAccessibility.

Long term relationship, in the framework of European standardisation, with key stakeholders such as the EC, representatives of persons with disabilities and of older persons (EDF, AGE), accessibility experts and industry.

Institutional relationship with the ESOs and with the NSBs regarding standardisation accessibility projects.

My organisation

Asociación Española de Normalización, UNE

https://www.une.org/

UNE is the Spanish National Standardisation Body. We are members of the three European Standardisation Organisations: CEN, CENELEC and ETSI. We are also members of ISO and IEC. UNE holds the secretary of several standardisation technical committees at European and international level, mainly in the fields of the accessibility of the built environment and on ICT accessibility.

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Speaker sessions (2)

Wednesday, 21 February 2024

17:00 - 20:30

AccessibleEU Event and Reception

Format:Live stream
Track:
Location: M1
  • Assistive technologies
  • ICT innovations
  • English captions | International Sign

Join this engaging evening reception to learn from common mistakes and innovative solutions that seek to enable the EAA and elevate the CRPD and its impact for the European common market.

Thursday, 22 February 2024

10:00 - 12:00

AccessibleEU Workshop: Policies and Standardisation

Format:Video conferencing
Track:
Location: M4
  • English captions | International Sign